Above and Beyond ... Transportation Security Officer Carol Richel, left, distracted a deranged, machete-wielding man from attacking passengers at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. She sustained a gunshot wound, but returned to work the next day.
(Photo by Michael O'Connell/Federal News Radio)
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